Ecology Coatings Inc., a developer of nano-engineered industrial coatings for cleaner, more efficient manufacturing, has hired industry veteran F. Thomas Krotine as president and chief executive officer. With more than 35 years of industry experience at Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, Krotine will apply his specific expertise in coatings commercialization, business process optimization and new business development to his new position at Ecology Coatings. Former CEO Richard Stromback will transition to a new leadership role as chairman of the growing coatings company.

"Delivering an impressive value proposition to a wide spectrum of manufacturing industries, Ecology Coatings has already gained exciting market traction with its non-polluting, quick-curing industrial coatings," said Krotine. "As CEO, I look forward to building on that momentum by securing additional strategic partnerships and expanding commercialization efforts across the company's large - and growing - array of application opportunities both within the US and in key international markets."